On August 24, the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the Zigong Palace of the Emperor of the Apocalypse settled down in the Qianqing Palace, and after the funeral ceremony, the ministers elected Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, to succeed to the throne. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Huang Liji, the first assistant of the cabinet, stood in front of the coffin of the first emperor, and the civil and military officials lined up on both sides.

Huang Liji announced loudly: "Emperor Daxing has been greatly reduced, according to the law of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, today the queen mother and the princes jointly elected a new emperor to succeed to the throne!"

Although all the ministers knew that King Xin would be the new emperor without suspense, everyone was still pounding in their hearts, after all, not everyone had this opportunity to witness the new emperor's accession to the throne.

Empress Zhang Yan sat next to the coffin of the first emperor in plain clothes, looking unhappy and carefree.

Huang Liji first knelt down and shouted: "Huang Liji, the first assistant of the Weichen cabinet, led hundreds of civil and military officials to meet the queen's mother, the mother is a thousand years old!"

The ministers hulala knelt on the ground neatly, and a large number shouted in unison.

King Zhu Youzhen and Taifu Wang Zhizheng are also among the kneeling.

Empress Zhang raised her hand: "Flatten." ”

Then everyone stood up.

Empress Zhang stared at the civil and military officials solemnly and said: "Emperor Daxing has been buried, according to the law of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, the country cannot be without a monarch for a day, today Jiang obeyed the will of Emperor Daxing, and supported the new emperor to succeed to the throne." ”

The civil and military officials shouted in unison: "The ministers must obey the last orders of the Emperor Daxing!"

Wang Zhizheng saw that all the civil and military officials obeyed the order, and couldn't help but feel a burst of relief: he had struggled for so long, and finally this day had come!

Empress Zhang waved her hand, and the eunuch Wang Tiqian, the master of ceremonies, held a delicate small box and carefully handed it to Empress Zhang.

Empress Zhang stretched out her slender jade hand to take the small box, opened it gently, and then took out a bright yellow holy decree from inside. Lightly opened the lips and read:

The fifth brother of the emperor, Zhu Youzhen, my own brother, the fifth son of Guangzong, is humble and humble, gentle and frugal, can bear the burden of the Ming Dynasty.

Empress Zhang finished reading, and all the ministers knelt on the ground with brushes: "The ministers obey the holy order!"

Empress Zhang nodded and said to Huang Liji: "Elder Huang Ge, you can preside over it." ”

Huang Liji bowed and saluted, then turned around and walked to the side of Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, and knelt on the ground: "Minister Huang Liji, lead the civil and military officials, respectfully invite the king of letters to ascend the throne!"

Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, was already in tears, and his mood couldn't calm down for a long time!

He trembled and helped Huang Liji to excuse himself and said: "How can this king be virtuous, he can be wrongly loved by the first emperor, and now that the coffin of the first emperor is here, how can I have the mood to succeed to the throne!

Everyone knows that the three invitations and three concessions are just a formality, and then Huang Liji played again: "The country cannot be without a king for a day, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, please believe that the prince will succeed to the throne immediately!"

The ministers followed and shouted: "Please believe that the prince will succeed to the throne immediately!"

Zhu Youzhen once again excused himself and said: "The people of the world are grateful for the kindness of the first emperor, how can a person like me inherit the emperor's throne, and I will make plans after the mourning period with the first emperor expires and the emperor is sent to be buried in the imperial mausoleum!"

Huang Li nodded with great satisfaction, and then knelt on the ground again: "Please believe that the prince takes the overall situation as the priority, if the emperor of Daxing knows that you will not succeed to the throne and become the emperor, you will definitely not be able to report to the ancestors and ancestors with peace of mind!"

Zhu Youzhen walked to Empress Zhang's side with tears, then knelt down on the side of Emperor Daxing's coffin and respectfully bowed three times and bowed nine times, and then knelt down on Empress Zhang's seat and bowed two times and six times, and then said: "Since Emperor Daxing's holy order is difficult to disobey, and you Aiqing are so unforgiving, then I will reluctantly embarrass it!"

Huang Li shouted loudly: "The ministers knock on the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor!"

The ministers shouted with a loud voice.

Zhu Youzhen raised his hand and said, "Everyone, please excuse yourself!"

At this time, Zhou Chuncheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, walked over and knelt on the ground: "Please give the emperor the emperor the name of the emperor of Daxing, the number of Taimiao Temple." ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded, and said calmly: "The first emperor has been busy all his life, and now he needs to be called the emperor immediately, the number of Taimiao Temple." Ladies and gentlemen, please discuss. ”

Cabinet Counselor, Wuyingdian University Scholar, Prince Taifu Wang Zhizheng went out of the class and said: "Back to the Holy Lord, yesterday I and Huang Liji, the first assistant of the Cabinet, and Li Shunguo, a scholar of the Cabinet Palace, have already drafted three honorific titles for Emperor Daxing. ”

After that, he took out the honorific name written by Huang Liji from the sleeve of his robe and presented it.

Wang Tiqian walked over and took the paper and handed it to Zhu Youzhen, Zhu Youzhen looked at it and said: "Wang Taifu is 'Emperor Chengzongzhe', Huang Ge Lao is 'Emperor Dingzongying', and Li Ge is 'Emperor Xizong', now please discuss with Aiqing."

Zhu Youzhen said, and everyone in the audience began to discuss.

All the ministers know that Wang Zhizheng is now in real power, if it weren't for the new emperor, everyone would unconsciously make Wang Zhizheng the emperor.

At this time, Mao Yilu, the secretary of Dali Temple, came out of the class and said: "Emperor Bing, Weichen thinks that Wang Taifu intends to 'become Emperor Zongzhe', which is more fair, my dynasty has an ancestor, and he is the king of the founding, although my Daxing Emperor guards the city, but his achievements are extraordinary, and he deserves to be 'Cheng'!"

Shen Shaoxian, Wang Liangfu, Huang Zongxi, Yang Huan, Jiang Nai and others stood up and nodded yes.

Wang Zhizheng's face was very ugly, he was afraid that the more people who agreed with him, the more Zhu Youzhen would have a mustard in his heart, and regret that he didn't give them an explanation yesterday.

At this time, Wu Jue, the secretary of the Ministry of War, stood up: "Weichen thinks that Emperor Chengzongzhe is inappropriate, and what is the merit of Emperor Daxing, we know in our hearts, it cannot be compared to Chengzu and Taizu, and the 'Emperor Xizongwai' proposed by Li Ge Lao is indeed a very fair explanation." ”

Zhu Youzhen knew that he had just been appointed to the throne, and he could not contradict the ministers in anything, let alone show his emotions among the ministers.

Zhu Youzhen nodded and said, "Who else has other opinions?"

As soon as Wu Jue said, the remnants of the Donglin Party jumped out one after another, and Zhou Yanru, the servant of the ministry, came out of class and said: "Weichen is in favor of 'Emperor Xizong'!"

Wen Tiren also agreed: "Weichen also agrees with 'Emperor Xizong'"!

Zhu Youzhen looked at the discussion around "Emperor Xi Zongai" and "Emperor Cheng Zongzhe", Zhu Youzhen was such a sleek and scheming person, he knew that he could not offend anyone.

And the contradictions between Wang Zhizheng's "Quanchen Party" and "Donglin Party" have gradually been exposed. Zhu Youzhen understands that neither party can be offended!

So Zhu Youzhen said very calmly: "Since everyone can't make up their minds on these two, I suggest that they should make one of them, 'Emperor Xi Zongzhe'!"

Zhu Youzhen said, and everyone nodded frequently, it seems that this eighteen-year-old kid is indeed very good at balance. In this way, not only must not offend the power minister Wang Zhizheng, but also must not offend the Donglin Party.

Zhu Youzhen said, Wang Tiqian put the pen and paper, Zhu Youzhen held the brush and wrote down the words "Emperor Xi Zongzhe" on the paper, and then bit his finger and pressed a bright red mark on the paper.

The ministers knelt down and bowed: "The emperor is sage!"

Zhu Youzhen nodded, and then strode to Xizong's coffin again to salute.

Zhu Youzhen returned to the front again and knelt at Zhang Yan's feet: "Imperial sister-in-law, I will honor you with the title of 'Empress Yi'an!'"

Zhang Yan said with tears in her eyes: "Thank you, Emperor." ”

Zhu Youzhen kowtowed, then turned around and stood on Zhang Yan's side.

At this time, Huang Liji, the first assistant of the cabinet, played again: "Please ask the emperor to set the year number." ”

Zhu Youzhen thought for a moment and said: "My era name, you can be arbitrary, just call it 'Chongzhen'!"

After that, he picked up the pen again and wrote down the word "Chongzhen" on the paper, and then brought it up for the ministers to see.

After all the ministers saw it, they were all shocked, and Wang Zhizheng was so shocked that his face was like a blank piece of paper.

Wang Zhizheng muttered: Chongzhen, the same sound as 'Chongzheng', isn't it the abbreviation of "Chongguo Mansion Wang Zhizheng"? !

All the ministers understood what this meant.

Wang Zhizheng walked out and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, please also change the title for my mansion, the word Chongzhen is used as the year name, my Chongguo Mansion wants to avoid it, please change it!"

Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly and said: "No need, Lord Taifu is too worried, since ancient times, it is nothing more than avoiding the emperor's name, I have not heard of the name of the emperor, please Lord Taifu have peace of mind!"

Wang Zhizheng stood back at this time, raised his head and met Zhang Yan's eyes, and he saw that Zhang Yan's face was not very good-looking.

Emperor Chongzhen stood up and said respectfully: "According to the ancestral system, from next year, the yuan will be changed to 'Chongzhen'. Ladies and gentlemen, I succeeded to the throne at a young age, and I don't know a lot of things, and at present, about the funeral of Emperor Xizong, please take care of it more!"

Huang Liji, the first assistant of the cabinet, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, my generation will do our best and do all our strength for Xizong's funeral!"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "Okay, then please ask the monarchs to arrange it, I am so sad that I can't do anything except protect the spirit of Emperor Xizong!"

Wang Zhizheng played: "Please also ask the emperor to take care of the dragon's body!"